
In case you haven’t noticed, we made a couple of nice improvements in the Disqus commenting experience on BhTV a few days ago.
With the generous assistance of commenter JimM47 (okay, he pretty much did the whole thing himself), you can now go to a thread and see at a glance which comments are new since your last visit. (The first time you visit any given thread, you won’t see anything unusual, but the next time you visit using the same browser, new comments will appear with a colored background.) Thanks, Jim!
Another Disqus-related enhancement is the list of Recent Comments—from all threads—that now appears in the right-hand column of Open Thread pages. (These Open Threads aren’t getting much use yet, but we’re hoping they’ll become more useful if we can create some kind of a threads index that displays the latest or most active threads on one page. Still working on that one.)
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This week, on The Program Formerly Known as TWiB: Why Matt is dreading going to the Conservative Political Action Conference. How will the CPAC crowd respond to the presidential candidates? Will Romney run right or run center in the general? And Bill and Matt try to figure out why Ann Coulter, Matt Drudge, and Jennifer Rubin all seem to be in the tank for Romney.
On Foreign Entanglements, Rob and Heather talk about the tightening of sanctions on Iran, including the domestic repercussions in both countries. They also discuss the situation in Syria: Rob has doubts about airpower, and Heather and Rob work through some of the problems with the Responsibility to Protect. Plus, a mini-review of "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy."
On this week's episode of Pros and Conn, Talk Left's Big Tent Democrat (aka Armando Llorens) talks about Romney's win in Florida, how Cubans think about immigration, why Romney doesn't care about poor people, and the power of Erick Erickson and Markos Moulitsas.
Adam and Dan assess whether the Florida effectively ended the GOP race, and whether immigration reform is effectively DOA. Should we, unlike Mitt Romney, worry about the very poor? Dan call b.s. on both Occupy Wall Street and Romney. Plus: hip-hop as the purest expression of American capitalism.
Economist Ross Levine is on The Glenn Show to discuss money in America. Did Mitt Romney get rich through "vulture capitalism"? Glenn comes to the conclusion that private equity firms have gotten a bad rap, but also that they should probably pay more taxes. And Ross explains how competition can fix the banking system.
This week: Bill and Matt need viewer input on renaming their show. Then, under consideration: Is Romney getting stronger, or are his opponents just pathetic? Do political leaders need inspiring "moon-shot" ideas, or are voters craving a return to normalcy? Did the State of the Union show Obama triangulating or rallying his base?
On Foreign Entanglements, Matt talks with Daveed Gartenstein-Ross about foreign policy in the State of the Union. Will America miss the boat on the Arab Spring? Is Obama's triumphalism over Al Qaeda premature? Also, the simmering crisis in the Strait of Hormuz and Daveed's foreign policy trends to watch over the next decade.
Glenn announces his new venture at Bloggingheads.tv, The Glenn Show. John also announces an exciting new venture: a baby daughter! John and Glenn talk about how GOP presidential candidates are using racial symbolism and racial stereotypes. Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum come in for especially close scrutiny, both positive and negative. Also under discussion: how race shapes the public's perception of Michelle Obama.
To find out what's happening in Syria, Robert Wright talks to journalist Michael Young, based in nearby Lebanon. Is the anti-Assad genie out of the bottle? Is the country on the precipice of a full-blown civil war? Could Arab troops intervene to defend anti-regime protesters? Also, Michael discusses the view from the Middle East on the potential for war with Iran.
On The Week in Blog: Can Newt ride conservative hatred of the media to victory? Is it better for presidential candidates to stay on message or to improvise? Why isn't Romney proud of his tax return? And did blogger Erick Erickson push Perry out of the race?
In the inaugural edition of Pros and Conn, host Conn Carroll talks to Pat Garofalo about Mitt Romney's taxes, Obama's campaign against income inequality, how Republicans botched the fight over the Keystone Pipeline, and what to do about the troubled housing market.
Rob and Matt introduce their new show, Foreign Entanglements, and ask for advice from the audience. They discuss the current status of US-Iranian-Israeli tensions, ponder whether Netanyahu is working for a Romney presidency, and give a brief requiem for Jon Huntsman's presidential campaign in the course of debating whether the GOP primary lacks excitement.